UK troops 'prepare for Iraq occupation'
Senior British Army officers have been told to prepare for an occupation of Iraq lasting up to three years in the event of war

20,000 British troops to stay in Iraq
The British Army has been asked to station as many as 20,000 troops in Iraq for at least three-years as part of an occupying force which will back the new Baghdad government being planned in Washington.

Blair: I will risk all on Iraq

	Germany's leading role in arming Iraq
Expurgated portions of Iraq's December 7 report to the UN Security Council show that German firms made up the bulk of suppliers for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs

Spies force retreat on 'al-Qa'eda link'
Colin Powell, the United States secretary of state, yesterday appeared to pull back from claims that he would show the United Nations a link between al-Qa'eda and Iraq, amid anger among Washington's spies over the way intelligence was being distorted to prove the link existed

	U.S. Warships Sail Through Egypt's Suez Canal
Seven U.S. warships with marine landing capabilities sailed through the Suez Canal Tuesday, heading toward the Gulf amid a massive U.S. military build-up for a possible war against Iraq

Arrests of al Qaeda terrorists disrupt plans for attack
Al Qaeda is planning a mass-casualty attack to rival September 11, but preparations have been disrupted by arrests of terrorists during the past several months, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

UK: Saddam "can be absolutely confident" the UK is willing to use nuclear weapons "

US chooses Saddam's successor
Mohamed al-Jabiri, who has just returned from in talks with Washington, said the White House has given its "blessing" to the head of the Iraqi National Congress, Ahmed Chalabi, to lead a transitional coalition government in Iraq once Saddam has been deposed.

London Guardian: "Beginning of the end"